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HP and Zspace have partnered to make the long-awaited vision of desktop-ready Virtual Reality come to market. Their Zvr display allows accurate and lifelike manipulation of virtual objects and will be available this spring.

It used to be that all that mattered in cameraphone specs was the resolution. Current and future designs go well beyond pixels, addressing faster focus, increased dynamic range, and even lightfield capture

With camera megapixel counts going through the roof, pixels have become incredibly small. Unfortunately, traditional sensor designs cover up the pixels with layers of wiring. Back-illuminated technology literally flips the design on its back, so that the photosites are directly in the light, greatly improving low-light performance.

DARPA and the US Army have taken the wraps off ARGUS-IS, a 1.8-gigapixel video surveillance platform that can resolve details as small as six inches from an altitude of 20,000 feet (6km). ARGUS is by far the highest-resolution surveillance platform in the world, and probably the highest-resolution camera in the world, period.

The rapid adoption of iPhone and Android smartphones to track medical health is nothing short of revolutionary. With regulatory oversight that might extend permission astride protection, professional level diagnostics once restricted to hospitals, will become the banquet of any individual who seeks it.

Nikon’s new 36MP Nikon D800 sets a new standard for high resolution combined with impressive electronics and video features, but its sibling the Nikon D800e is even more groundbreaking.

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